Ottumwa, IA might possibly be best known as the hometown of Corporal Radar O’Reilly in the movie-and television franchise, M*A*S*H. Next week, Voters there and…
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According to recent figures, the FAFSA completion rate in Michigan declined for the second year in a row. As of July 30, the FAFSA completion…
WCC Trustees plan to rely on tuition increases to pay for future bond issues, but they may want to look at the Citizens’ Annual Lending…
The issue of on-campus housing is interesting to me because it arose in WCC’s Master Plan. I think the Trustees believe that building student housing…
Here’s another reason to institute mandatory COVID-19 vaccines on community college campuses this fall. Earlier this week, Joe Garcia, chancellor of the Colorado Community College…
I recently read an article about the cost of college tuition. In it, the author said that college tuition had increased 33% since 2000. Something…
Proposed SAT legislation may impact enrollment of high school students at community colleges. Currently, Michigan requires all high school students to take the SAT as…
Two venture capital (VC) firms, Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners, purchased WCC’s managed service provider (MSP), Ellucian. The terms of the deal remain under wraps…
Yesterday, I wrote about the need for WCC to shift its approach to recruiting students. The WCC administration has identified the decline in the high-school…
A recent opinion piece in Forbes questions the need for free community college. The claims that community college affordability eliminates the need for free tuition.…